Imogene Mitchell

Graveside services for Imogene Mitchell, 79, Bakersfield, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at Udall Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Mrs. Mitchell died at 8:25 a.m., Monday, October 13, 2014, at her home.

She was born February 22, 1935, in Howell County, Missouri, to Leslie Howard and Lillie Joyce Howard. On January 2, 1952, she was married at Wynne, Arkansas, to Eugene Mitchell.  Before her retirement she was employed with GTE. Mrs. Mitchell was a member of the First Baptist Church, Bakersfield, Missouri.

She is survived by two children, Gary Mitchell, Bakersfield, Missouri and James Mitchell, wife, Daisha, Nixa, Missouri; one granddaughter, whom she and Eugene raised, Tammy Sue Key, Bakersfield, Missouri; and four great-grandchildren, Riki Lynn, Jame Jo, Tyler and Kayra Sue.

Her parents, husband and two daughters, Carolyn Riverdahl and Kathleen Wooley, precede her in death.

Mrs. Mitchell will lie in state from 5:00 until 9:00 p.m., Tuesday at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Bakersfield, and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.